FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/21/12)
NBC: Bent (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Couples Therapy (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: House Of Consignment (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
A&E: Duck Dynasty (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Real Vice: Miami (Premiere) at 10pm
SPIKE: American Digger (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Dr. G: Medical Examiner (Finale) at 7pm
More than two weeks before its first season premiere, Starz has renewed its original drama series Magic City for a second season with ten episodes. Magic City premieres April 6 at 10p and is set in 1959 Miami Beach. The series is created and executive produced by Mitch Glazer and it stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko and Danny Huston. Production on the second season will commence later this year with an expected premiere on STARZ in 2013.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Thursdays this summer will be home to TBS’ new original comedies starting with buddy comedy Men at Work premiering May 24 at 10p with back-to-back episodes. Beginning July 19, new workplace comedy Sullivan & Son will take over the time period. Men at Work stars Danny Masterson, Michael Cassidy, Adam Busch and James Lesure and was created by Breckin Meyer and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fanfare. Sullivan & Son, set inside a popular bar in a working-class Pittsburgh neighborhood stars comedian Steve Byrne and is produced by Wild West Picture Show Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television; Vince Vaughn, Peter Billingsley and Rob Long are executive producers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A trio of new series are joining HGTV’s lineup, per B&C. Buying and Selling (wt) is a spinoff of the network’s Property Brothers series where Jonathan Scott prepares a family’s home for sale while brother Drew finds their next property. The series debuts in September. Two other new HGTV series are spinoffs of the House Hunters franchise: House Hunters: Where Are They Now? debuts in October and looks in on memorable House Hunters families to see what happened after finding their new house. Living Abroad picks up where House Hunters International leaves off and looks at what it takes for Americans to adjust to a new country. The premiere date of Living Abroad has not been set yet.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One also announced series renewals for Unsung, Life After, Find Our Missing and Washington Watch with Roland Martin.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX acquired the commercial television premiere rights to this past weekend’s #1 box office movie 21 Jump Street from Sony in addition to Universal’s The Lorax which was #1 at the box office the previous two weeks.
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British comedian Eddie Izzard is joining NBC’s Munsters re-make pilot titled Mockingbird Lane playing the Grandpa. Al Lewis originally played the role of Grandpa in the 1960s Munsters series. Production on the project begins early this summer and is shepherded by creator Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Janel Parrish who plays Mona on ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars was elevated to series regular up from recurring status for the program’s third season, reports THR.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/18/12)
1) One Direction – Up All Night – 176,175
2) Adele – 21 – 148,394 (After 56 weeks – 8,238,724)
3) Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball – 57,419 (After 2 weeks – 254,992)
Other Debuts
4) Passion – White Flag – 48, 795
12) Tech N9ne – Klusterfuk EP – 16,951
17) Say Anything – Anarchy My Dear – 14,166
POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $70 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
CASTING CALL
DIY Network is looking for desperate landscapes in need of a $25,000 yard makeover for its show America’s Most Desperate Landscape. Now through April 30, 2012, homeowners can upload photos and videos of their ugly front yards via DIYNetwork.com. This landscape makeover will be managed by DIY Network host and licensed contractor Jason Cameron and his Desperate Landscapes crew. The winner will also appear on the show for a one-hour special documenting the search and build which will air on DIY Network July 18 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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